MENDENHALL v. SAUDI ARAMCO

No. Civ.A. G-97-243.

991 F.Supp. 856 (1998)

Tom MENDENHALL v. SAUDI ARAMCO, et al.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Galveston Division.

January 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold Anderson Vickery, Archer, Waldner & Vickery, Houston, TX, for Tom Mendenhall, plaintiff.

V. Scott Kneese, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, for Saudi Aramco, defendant.

Mark Cohen, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery and Williams, Houston, TX, for Aramco Services Co., defendant.

Richard M. Simses, Abbott, Simses, Album and Knister, Houston, TX, for Santa Fe Intern. Corp., defendant.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT SAUDI ARAMCO'S MOTION TO DISMISS

KENT, District Judge.

This is a personal injury case in which Plaintiff alleges he contracted illness while working on an oil rig in the Persian Gulf. Now before the Court is Defendant Saudi Aramco's Motion to Dismiss brought pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1602 et seq. For the reasons that follow, Defendant's Motion is GRANTED.

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